Duplicate Car Key

sota · Post by **sota** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:24 pm

I just purchased a 2001 Lanos but there aren't any dealers nearby and I'd like to get a spare ignition key made. Does anyone have suggestions for stores that can make duplicates and what blank key size might be needed?

pavlozky · Post by **pavlozky** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:42 pm

a locksmith can help you. Find one at your local phone book.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:42 pm

Your car has more than probably a anti-theft system and ignition keys contain a coded transponder. I'm afraid that you need the official dealer to activate new keys. Try asking the seller for the second key that all Daewoo's must have.

Daniel

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:33 pm

Daniel wrote:Your car has more than probably a anti-theft system and ignition keys contain a coded transponder. I'm afraid that you need the official dealer to activate new keys. Try asking the seller for the second key that all Daewoo's must have.

Daniel

umm this is not true..

its just a regular key and can be made at any locksmith. the key that daniel is talking about is more for BMW and such luxury brands

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:48 pm

wal-mart

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:00 am

not all walmarts have the daewoo key.. they ahve one that will work which is a toyota key but its easier to go to a locksmith

i know this because my brother inlaw's familly owns the local locksmith shop and he told me that i had the wrong key and it was made at walmart the first time..

mister_g · Post by **mister_g** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:44 am

DomWoo wrote:
Daniel wrote:Your car has more than probably a anti-theft system and ignition keys contain a coded transponder. I'm afraid that you need the official dealer to activate new keys. Try asking the seller for the second key that all Daewoo's must have.

Daniel

umm this is not true..

its just a regular key and can be made at any locksmith. the key that daniel is talking about is more for BMW and such luxury brands

Lanos 1.6 DOHC, 2000. Have imobilizator, and therefore it's not a regular key...

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:50 am

DomWoo wrote:
Daniel wrote:Your car has more than probably a anti-theft system and ignition keys contain a coded transponder. I'm afraid that you need the official dealer to activate new keys. Try asking the seller for the second key that all Daewoo's must have.

Daniel

umm this is not true..

its just a regular key and can be made at any locksmith. the key that daniel is talking about is more for BMW and such luxury brands

Maybe in other countries that's true.
Anyway I'm very happy to know I've a luxury car

.

Daniel

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:19 am

that could mean alarn, if ther isnt a little black square on the silver part of the key its prolly a regular key

mister_g · Post by **mister_g** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:37 am

Make simple key copy, and try to start the car with it. If it works, great. But if it doesn't work, you have imobilizator...

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:17 pm

Daniel wrote:
DomWoo wrote:
Daniel wrote:Your car has more than probably a anti-theft system and ignition keys contain a coded transponder. I'm afraid that you need the official dealer to activate new keys. Try asking the seller for the second key that all Daewoo's must have.

Daniel

umm this is not true..

its just a regular key and can be made at any locksmith. the key that daniel is talking about is more for BMW and such luxury brands
Maybe in other countries that's true.
Anyway I'm very happy to know I've a luxury car .

Daniel

not the way the teath are but the little black thing on the end near the rubber grip

i had that on my car.. it has nothing to do with the key.. when you have a coded key.. you would know it. it actually has a chip sticking off the key like mofo stated.. but you could be right.. maybe other countries had more of a demand for something like that and daewoo decided to spend more money on those cars for those countries

does your key look like this??

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:19 am

DomWoo wrote:
not the way the teath are but the little black thing on the end near the rubber grip

i had that on my car.. it has nothing to do with the key.. when you have a coded key.. you would know it. it actually has a chip sticking off the key like mofo stated.. but you could be right.. maybe other countries had more of a demand for something like that and daewoo decided to spend more money on those cars for those countries

does your key look like this??

Shape of the key doesn't matter. Inbedded key transponder can be very small.
The immobilizer module I have is attached under the steering column. It cuts ignition, injection and fuel pump if a wrong key is used.
I think immobilizer is standard equipment here in Europe.

Daniel

Joso · Post by **Joso** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:14 am

My key is exactly like daniel's.

I had the same device in my nissan primera, and it broke so I had a hard time trying to know what was the problem.

sota · Post by **sota** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:17 pm

Thanks for the tips everyone. My car didn't have the immobilizer unit, so I just needed a plain duplicate key. I tried WalMart, Home Depot, and ACE Hardware and none of them could match the key blank. I had read somewhere on here a 27R would work but the length was different from my original key and the little automated key-making machines these places have wouldn't take it.

Ended up taking the car into a nearby Isuzu dealership that also works on Daewoos and found out their parts department could also make Daewoo keys. Yippee.